Wing post and carriage structure for railroad spreaders



June 24, 1930.

V. G. TELLIS WING POST AND CARRIAGE STRUCTURE FOR RAILROAD SPREADERSFiled OCL. 14, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l 1V VI June 24, 1930. v. G. TELLls1,765,854

WING POST AND CARRIAGE STRUCTU'RE FOR RAILROAD SPREADERS vPatentedJuneZl, 1930 vsnvoLone; rnilrlrsonssr cHicAGognNniANA,'Assienonzno',o.r. trennen com;

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" This invention' relatestp 4\ifm/provennents iny Wing 'post andcarriage" structuresy forl rail-I road; spreaders Aand it consistsiIllthe naat-ters hereinafter deseribedandinore particularly.

pointed ontinthe-appendedclaims.` Railroad spreaders as nowemployed'forSpreading ballastand" similar i operations along a road bed.,includea-car; to travel on the rails, :and a main Spreader lWing'y'oper-y atively connected td thev cary at:'each:sidethereey of` through'the yigerifgy ofw` suitable posts` at thefsidejof thecar.; j-'llheinner end. of feach wing as Well ias its bracebyy-swhich it maybebrought in differenti'verticalgangular posi-A V i tions,Ak areFconnectedgaohinge fblocks yin turn fixed to `f an carriage llaying;y asliding guided bearing ,linxY said post.f-f ,if Such ,-{agstructure 1norder to withstand; that enormous 'stran[im posed u'pon'ft inusefmnstfbe extremely/strong andfrigid and thep'artsithereof imnstlbefsocorrelated and iarrangedgzthatqthe .Wing block Ihay be readilyy raisedyand, qlowerfd, 111.7the postwithont a binding actionof'the c* rriageinatheipost.

.f 4The primary' obj ect 1 Q li'hesin ention is to providea* strong andi rigid post vand.h1/nge block'carriagestructure:for'railroadp spread-Lers` wherein the carrageginayfhave a vfree sliiilingl guidednio'vementiin; he ,postawthout bindingzthereinr; ff g l A further'object'.of th y, nvfe'ntionisfto provideiafstructurer fk theskindf'Whichgniay be readily `assenibled', andrwhenrvassembl'ed is thereof,will niore 'fiilly ajopearlV as proceed with'fmyspecicdatio 1f In" thedrawings :1

*road spreader embodying the :p refefred? forin of A'Wing `postvcarriage;:structure:inade in accordance with my'inwentijnJ f' y.

Fig. 2 'fis' a vertical j sectional view onfan Y enlargedscale,jas*taken' onztheflinei2+21 of temere clearly showt Eiggl,-'fpartsf thereof' beirfg..y Iblicken away interior/constructionthereof.

a further renlarged scale as takenonwther line, 3-3 ofFig.2. v. .l I

,Fig, 4 is a vdetailhorizontal sectional view; as taken onthe line 4-4of Fig. 3. .l Vf ".ligsu and 6 are detailhorizontal sectional Views onstill a' further enlarged Yscale ,as takenfon the lines 5-5 yand 6j-6respectively,V` o fFigrjS., f l

Referring nwideailtotha embodiment' ofthe invention illustrated in theaccompaly road: spreaderin the. form of a ncar .ha/ving wheels y3.01:'the car being shown in this 'instance in dotted lines in Fig. l,.- Thecar has,

a deck ,4 ysecured to the side andr center' sills 5 Q f the underframewhichin turn ismcnnted at its endsinany suitable manner upon vthe ftrucks which include the wheels before inentioned. Atv the front endofthe car is a VAV;

shaped plow or @spreader 6,' for spreading laterally, ballast Vmaterialpreviously, dumpev between the rails. f."

, A Y"suitable `distance tothe rear ofthe front plow orspreader and on'leach sideof the carisfan v,upright post or column 7 and an associatedmain Spreadervwing 8. lisfthev structure on each slde oft-he Car is thesaine onlyv those parts on one'side thereofare herein illustrated andwill be herein-described.: The post comprises a pair of longitudinally`spaced,uprightangle lbars 9 and v10 lrespeef, tively,fwith one set rofflanges VQaflOFeX-`v tending laterally lfrom, the Qc'arand with thetudinally ofthegcar and each-facing toward Yothersetof flanges91).-l0"Lezitendinglongily y' Y opposite ends of the car. y[Theflanges`9-,-10Py `of the 'angle bars are rsecured for a suitable;

lengthaat' theirbottomjends ,tol av platef l1 having Yatopend engagementwiththe asso ciatedside sill 5 of the-under frame. of thecarlsgSaidrplate is othervfvise-suitablyl secured 5 to said sidev sillto depend a substantial dis-g tanceb'elowthe sill, as best's'hown inFig.2.k Thet'op-ends ofsai'd vangle bars extend al slibstantial '.idistanceabove the f car., deck and bridging andrco'nnecting; the feXtrenie .re-

specti've top and bottom Aends of `the flanges 9and 10EL are Ueshapedbrackets i12- 12, said brackets preventing said flange ends fromspreading apart. YThe topends of both angle Vbars on one side of the carare connected to Vthe like ends of the angle bars on the other side ofthe car bya cross beam 13 secured to v"said Vangle bars by suitablegusset plates 174;

On therea'rhor ini-ierside ofy each post are pairs ofV longitudinallyspacedY apertured.

angles All the purpesepf which Will'appear latein@ Tlie'fllanges.ece-L49? and l'Olf-elftlb of each anglefbar are braced at suitable intrvals threeehent .their length by .eee-1er brackets or stiffener blocks16 Which prevent the angular displacementlof said flanges .and on theopposed inner face'of each flange 9211-1()a of saidangle bars areVsecured VguideV lrails 17 of a 'preferably rectangu,lar n'crosssectionf'Saidv rails 'entend rorn4 the t'p to the bottom efsai'dflan'gesandare secured in place by rivets 19, `(fsee Fig. 5), -some ofvvhich aresoy 'disposed as to passV through portions lci? the 'angle bra'cketsjor'blocks 16'.VAVV The-top ends of veach angle bar 9and l0 are-further;

" .ahmed by diagnal'stmts 49.0;20 nomine n side sillsas bes'tgshowniii''1; The'parts vherein above described arev 'sogcorrelatcdjand connectedtogether to' fp'rovi'de a; 4streng `and rigidfpost structure which 'isthoroughly braced in 4all directions to withstand 4turalconnectingmember 24.- The colifi'ne'ct-V infgV member v2 4 '(see Fig. 4) which isfor a subjected in use:

Y 'e vertic'aiiyisiidabie in eachpoa Vis anleip'n- Ygated*hingeAblock''sLip'p'o'rting member v2l comprising to'paiid bottoni rcllercarriages 22 andf 23 respectivelyfand a built up's'tiuc- Y rectangulartubular formationfincrosssection, comprises front andrearplates1251-25,4 spaceda suitable distance Japa-'itt by side 'chan- Ynels 26;26, the-flanges'l26of 'e-l'ii'cli tace Aoutwardly from eachether, and said 'flanges Y are riveted"orfotlierivise Vs ecuredltothelate'ral margins of Vsaid front andriear plates.V

`Tjlie rellencarriagesy `22 aind23 are so sub-A stantially alike, :thata detail. description of one A'Will sullice for both, l-ikefreference{numeralsfindicating `like parts or elements@ The top rellerearriage 'isin'the formfof anelon Y gated, hol-IOW, rectangular casting von :the Yside Walls ef 'which are integr'allaterallyfer:-

tending pairspftcp, bottoinand intermediate angleplike lugs 27 -28 and29 respectively, seeFig;` 2; At th'erto'pend near the botf'tdinend'ofs'afid casting, on the Lfront'andrea'r sides thereof are.formed pairsrgo'f Vsuitable e'ar's which 'shafts Y'are se curedfand'iournalled on'e'afch sh'aftris aV roller V- Y 32 each adapted to havearolling engagement 4upon :the innefaceof an associatedguide the pairsiefjbettcm ears beingv arranged abeve4 the]btt'oin *transverse shaftsvand* the pairs oftop'fears being arrangedbe'low the top transverseshafts 3l all as best shown in Figs. 2, 3, V5 and 6. VFixed inV saidears 33 arerpairs Vofy transversely extendingV `shafts 34e-3i on theends of which are journalled' rollers 35 adapted for a rollingengagement l onthe-ront and rear sides ofthe guiderails l7.---The topend ef the bottom casting23 and .the bottom end of the top casting 22are each termed to provide:arectangular tubiilar. extension 2351i 'and22%, respectively which extend into and are suitabl'yfixedin the bOt`V.tom @indien ends' ,resretivelyvf the' nterf mediatebuilt upstructural'iiiember 24 before described. vItV is apparentfrom the foregoing description that the castings 22 and 23 and Vthe intermediate member24130 yal-nell they are connected, have'a three side, antiy frictionengagement With Vthe Yguide rails in the'post and cannot( so tvvist asto bind therein but Will always run freer-in a guide'dpath of movement.

Fixed to the naar. famillie beapm feuercastingfQS is a bracket With twovertically I spaced, laterally entendingaperturedlears 38 Y and"associated therewith is a hinge plate 39Vv having top,1bottom4 andintermediate Vvaper-` tured ears 40 toengagethe 'ea-m88. Saidiea'frs areadapted to receive between them, theears 38 of the bracketBXZ-and apine'l entends` through fall -ef said'fe'ars so th'atrthehingef plateVniay swing about a vertical axis. TheV hinge plate embraces oppositesides of the in# fn'er" end ofthe m'ain'spr'eader 8 and ayhorizontally"disposed;pin-42 :passes through i 'y said platefandasseciated fend of the spreader angu'la'rpositions. 1A second .pin43 'passes Y Y Y 100 Wingto provide the pivotal axis about 'Which theWing'inay be swunginto ditlferent vertical.

throughsaid hinge plate above thepfin 42, vand also passes through 4anarcuate slot 4e in the inner end of the spreader lWing to4 coact withthe hinge-.pin '42,1 said-'slot beingv sho-Wn in dottedlinesinFigl. j

l Fixed to the-ifroiitlfa'ce olthetop reller can;r riageis a bracketsimilar tothe 'braeket 37'.

Said bracket/e5 has two yert'icallysp'aced 'ears '46 to coac'twithe'ars4:7of a-secondfloraclnet 48,'a vertically'arranged pin 41:9, inv linewith the Vpin 41 .providing a 'pivotal cnnetion "be: tween saidbrackets. indicates asa Whole,

the telescepic ya'(zti'iating member havingafstem 5l `pivoted at 51E tofthe nain Spreader Wing end er the other of the-cylinder, the vpistonrod Vis projecteelbr' retracted 'tof'swin'g the main spreaderY Wingdownwardl Vly about the pin 42 as an axis. y v r .V Secured totherearside ofthe fQp :relier 4'Ihe cylinder 60 has a plurality of innerand outer vertically spaced lugs K-60h, the outer lugsGOa of thecylinder being engaged with the rear surfacesof the flangesQb-'IODv ofthe post members 9r and 10 and being riveted' or otherwise securedthereto while the inner lugs 60h are engaged with and securedto similarlugs on that cylinder 60 associated with' the wing structure on theother yside of the car. Thus the cylinders are `not only securedtogether but to the wing posts whereby a musure is admitted into thecylinder fromy one end or the other, the pistonascends or des scendstherein and throughthe pistonrod 58 and bracket 57 causes a like'movement ofthe roller carriages-within the post. .The bracket 57 isarranged betweenthe pair of vapertured angles 15v and a pin 61 isinserted/through aligned apertures in said plate andv upon which thebracket 57 may engage andbe'sup'- ported thereby. As the rollercarriages are thus moved upor down in the post a similar movement is ofcourse imparted to the'spread-v er wing.A y

My improved post construction is strong and rigid and the rollercarriages are guided rfor a free-movement and connot so twist out ofshape'as to bind in the'post. v

a wing supportingvmember positioned be-l tween said `post members andincludingrollers engaging three sides of each lguide rail.

2,. In vcombination with a, car, an upright post at one sidev of the carand embodying therein, a pair of spaced post members including flangesarranged` at a right, angle to the car, opposed guiderails fixed tosaidflanges, a wing supporting member posi-` tioned between said'flanges, aplurality of shafts varranged at a right angle 'to each other I `in saidwing supporting member and rollers on said shaft andengaged with threesides of each guide rail.

3. In combination withacar'havingside sills, a post arranged at one sideof the car and projecting aboveandrbelow one ofsaidl side sills, saidpost including a pair of spaced structural members, eachhaving a flangear` ranged at al right angleto said side-sill, a plate interposedbetween the side sill and said pair I ofstructural members andextending-down to the bottom ends thereof and fixed to said sill andstructural members respectively,brack ets connecting lthe respective topand bottom ends of the fianges of said structural members together,outwardly and downwardly extending braces connecting the top ends ofsaid members to `said side sills and opposed guide rails on the innerfaces of said angesof said v structural members. 80

4C. A postl for, Vthe purpose described Vembodying therein a pair ofspaced parallel bar members, each including right angle flanges, withtwo of the flanges arranged in the same plane` and facing outwardly fromeach other, stiffener' blocks, secured to the right angle flanges ofeach bar member, at points spaced throughout the length thereof,opposite guide railsone fixed to each of the other flanges of said barmembers and means` connecting the respective top ends and the respectivebottom ends of the last mentioned flanges together. p l

5. A post for the purpose described `embodying therein a pair of spacedparallel bar members, each including right angle flanges, with two ofthe flanges arranged in thesame 'plane and facing outwardly from eachother,

stiffenerblocks engaged at their ends withy the respective anges lofsaid barl members, y rivets securing said guide railsto said flanges,some of which rivets'pass through parts of said stiifener blocks andlikewise secure the same to said last mentioned flanges and meansconnecting the respective top ends and the ref spective bottom ends ofsaid last mentioned y flangesV together. I .I f Y 6. vA 'wing supportingmember forv a railroad spreader embodying therein, an elon-f' gatedvrectangular tubular member, ai roller carriage atfeach end of saidtubular member having an extension arranged within and se curedtotherespective end of said tubular member, a plurality ofshafts arranged inY pairs extending at a right angle to each other in e'cah rollercarriage and rollers on said shafts. s. .l

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto setl v my hand, this 8thdayofOctober, 1926. VSEVOLOD G. TELLIS.

